Terrorism Bill — 1 Feb 2006 at 18:37

Resolved in the negative, and amendment disagreed to accordingly.

Clause 21 <[i>Grounds of proscription]:

moved Amendment No. 13:

Page 18, line 33, at end insert-

"(a) after "terrorism" in subsection (4), insert "inadvertently or by design";

(b)"

moved Amendment No. 14:

After Clause 29, insert the following new clause-

"COUNTER-TERRORIST POWERS

(1) Part V of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (counter-terrorist powers) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 44 (authorisations)-

(a) in subsection (3), for the words after "if" to the end, substitute "the person giving it reasonably considers it to be necessary for the prevention of acts of terrorism";

(b) after subsection (3) insert-

"(3A) The area or place specified in the authorisation may not be greater in extent than is necessary for the purposes of the authorisation."

(3) In section 46(3) (duration of authorisation), after "practicable" insert "and in any event within 24 hours".

(4) After section 46 insert-

"46A PUBLICITY

The Secretary of State shall publicise without delay and in such manner as he considers appropriate, the confirmation, cancellation or renewal of an authorisation under sections 44 and 46.""

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 14) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 109; Not-Contents, 124.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop1 17.7%
Con0 4421.0%
Crossbench7 119.8%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab112 (+2 tell) 455.7%
LDem0 42 (+2 tell)59.5%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:120 10432.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Bhatia Crossbenchno
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchno
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord Morgan Labaye

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